DeFi Saver Newsletter: June 2025

June has been packed with ETH events, DFS upgrades, and hot topics in the DeFi community. For this month’s newsletter issue, we’ll cover:

•  A plethora of Aave updates: Umbrella is now live and v4 is coming; 
• Our news&updates: SPK claiming, DFS YouTube tutorials and recent ETH events;
• Position(s) of the month: A rundown of two DFS users securing their profits with DFS Automation.

Let’s dive into it.

Not your average Aave update

In terms of the most popular lending protocols in use right now, Aave v3 has topped the charts for a while, which comes as no surprise given their consistent growth ever since launching in 2020.

But Aave seems to have much more in store for its users. Since the official announcement in May last year, the Aave team has been preparing for the launch of Aave v4, which is promising to introduce major architectural changes, and in general, make Aave more “builder-friendly and comprehensive”. This version is currently undergoing testing, but once published, it aims to enhance support for Aave’s native GHO token, introduce an innovative unified liquidity solution.

As we wait to see all of this come to fruition, one of Aave’s promised novelties has already seen the light of day. The Umbrella update launched on June 5, and it presented Aave users with a reiteration of the already existing Safety module. 

Unlike the original Safety module that heavily relied on governance intervention, Umbrella introduces an automatic slashing mechanism that acts according to preset parameters. 

If you’re interested in using Umbrella through DeFi Saver for extra yield, stay tuned, we’ll have a follow-up post in a few days (but it is already available)!

DeFi Saver news&updates

At DeFi Saver, we’re always excited to share the latest feature upgrades and integrations our team rolls out. But as much as we innovate, your feedback continues to be the driving force behind many of the improvements we make.

SPK tokens claimable at DeFi Saver

On June 17, the Spark team officially rolled out $SPK, and we made sure that claiming SPK was available at DeFi Saver on the very same day. If you have any claimable tokens, you can easily access them through the Portfolio page on DFS. 

If you want to take a look at the criteria for the SPK airdrop, as well as the wallets eligible to claim the tokens, feel free to read our DFS Knowledge Base article.

So far, we’ve seen over 150 claims, with a total value exceeding 15.6M SPK (>$600k). 

If you are among the lucky people who secured some extra profits with SPK via DFS, be sure to follow our socials – we'll have everything ready for you to stake your SPK and earn the extra boost.

DeFi Saver tutorials live now

We’re proud to announce that DeFi Saver tutorials, covering the fundamentals of using our app, are now on our official YouTube channel. 

Whether you’re a fresh DFS user looking to get started or an experienced DeFi veteran wanting to sharpen your skills and knowledge, these step-by-step guides will help you use DeFi Saver to its fullest potential.

You can look forward to more videos to come, and big thanks to our guys @defi_milos and @DeFiJosi for making this possible!

Notifications now available for Morpho and Fluid

With DeFi Saver Notify, you can set a custom collateral ratio threshold, and the app will instantly inform you if your position dips below it, and you can even set it up to alert you if any automated transactions have been triggered. So, you can rest easy knowing that we’ll give you a heads up anytime, day or night, if your position is starting to look risky.

Now, notifications are available for Morpho and Fluid, so if you have any active positions you’d like to keep track of, you can fully utilize this feature, regardless of whether you have Smart Wallet or account-based positions.

Events

Right after ETH Belgrade, we recuperated a bit and then immediately began preparing for the next big meetups, armed with fresh DFS merch and lots of enthusiasm. 

Our first stop was Berlin.

DeFi Saver goes to Berlin

From June 16 up until June 18, we visited Dappcon and Safecon, deliberated on the importance of self-custody and using Smart accounts, as well as innovative ideas related to building dApps. Our good old DFS booth stayed behind for this one, but we ended up connecting with many cool people in the DeFi community regardless. 

Our team enjoyed every second of it, and we hope to see you all again next year!

DeFi Saver heads to Cannes

Our marketing team (well, most of them, two were holding down the fort🥷) had the opportunity to attend and participate in this year’s largest ETH gathering in Europe, EthCC 2025, held in the beautiful city of Cannes.

We can go on and on about how great it was to meet all of you and discuss crypto, DeFi, and of course, DeFi Saver. However, we turned to our user support guy, Milos, for some first-hand insight into some general impressions: 

“It was incredibly exciting to connect with so many builders, community folks, and enthusiasts who simply love crypto and DeFi. In just a couple of days, I connected with over 60 people on Telegram, with the DeFi Saver team connecting with well over 100 in total since arriving in Cannes.  A lot of folks came up to chat. What I found particularly interesting was that the types of people we connected with ranged from lawyers to Aave developers, and everything in between.”

Overall, our team enjoyed listening to the talks of some of the greatest minds in DeFi and connecting with all of you curious and inspiring people who stopped by our booth. 

DFS June stats 

We thought our stats section needed some polishing up, so we opted to use visuals to present you with the most important monthly numbers. 

Feel free to let us know what kind of stats you’d like to see in the future.

Position(s) of the month

User #1: In our previous segments, we touched upon the recent SPK airdrop. From the moment it was announced, many users jumped at the chance to secure profits, and none more so than our biggest Spark whale.

Two years ago, they had opened a wstETH+ rETH/DAI position, but then turned on DFS Automation for their Spark position on March 13 this year. When their ratio falls to or below 105%, they wanted their position partially repaid to 115%.

And it’s a good thing they did that, because while they were farming SPK rewards, their position came dangerously close to liquidation, but DFS Automation Repay stepped in just in time, so that this whale could continue to farm up to $300k in SPK tokens comfortably.

User #2: On June 26, another whale used DFS to leverage and automate their position, and earned a staggering 250 ETH in a matter of 4 days.

Let’s break it down:

• This user initially opened a 2x leverage position on Aave with $6.63M in DAI in debt, and 5.983.14 ETH of collateral;
• At the same time, he enabled Automation that was set to boost when the safety ratio went from %165 to % 150;
• 15 hours later, Automation was triggered, adding 635.73 ETH more to the position;
• Three days later, the user closed the position and walked off with a profit of 249 ETH.

At the end of the day, we know not many have hefty capital like this lying around.  But the point remains: regardless of your portfolio’s size, it won’t matter much without the right tools (like DeFi Saver) and the right knowledge to manage it.

And that is exactly why you should subscribe to our DeFi Saver Newsletter for more position analysis, DeFi news, and much more.

Thank you all for reading, and see you again soon!

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